Kingy

Let's have a listen to my in the gun.

That was Bradley a week or so ago on the criticism that was put to him of Ben McKay.

The sentence there, bordering on lazy, was the one that he's in the gun for.

Because a week later, he's now dropped.

So...

what have you been watching?

And you always want to defend your player, clearly, but to say that, that the criticism's been bordering on lazy, and I'm a Brad fan, and then drop him a week later, you have nothing but to be put squarely in the gun for the way that you've handled him all year, really.

I mean, we've all watched him.

We've all seen that he's completely out of sorts since the first game of the season, and finally they've made the call, which is the right one, but probably about six weeks too late.

Well, I don't know if he can on this issue.

I think this is just one where you just have to put your hand up and say, I completely butchered this one.

I've absolutely butchered the management of this player, Ben Mackay.

And how we recover from this until the end of 2029 remains to be seen.

I hope he can go back to the VFL and compete.

Is it a different role?

I don't know.

But he needs to compete better than he has.

When does he come back in?

I'm not sure.

But it is a long, long time, 2029, for this contract to play out.